The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So that He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is forgiveness and a noble provision.”

Among the benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted—I think—the benefits, my brothers, from this.
It is derived from the noble verse: that the actions of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, are attributed to a cause, meaning that they have a cause. From where is this taken? From the letter lam in , because the lam indicates causation. This supports the doctrine of the people of the Sunnah and the community, who say: “The actions of Allah the Exalted are accompanied by wisdom”. And you know that the Jahmiyyah, as well as some of the Asha'irah, deny that the actions of Allah the Exalted are for a purpose, and they say that His actions are merely by will. They said: “Because wisdom is one of the purposes that lead to action, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted, is free from purposes”. Yes, and we say to them: This contradicts the texts. If we reflect on the Qur'an, we will find thousands of verses indicating the affirmation of wisdom for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Then, if the purpose is for the benefit of others, what is it? It is praise and commendation. And if it is for an event, yes, there is no deficiency in it in any way. The baseless rule of those who say: “Allah is free from attributes, purposes, and parts” has been mentioned to you before. When I hear this speech, I say: This is good speech. Free from attributes means they deny His voluntary actions, meaning that He does not descend, does not come, does not speak, and so on, because these are attributes that occur and cease. Free from parts means they deny the Face, the Hands, the Eyes, and the like, because these are parts relative to us. And purposes means they deny wisdom. The Qur'an refutes their saying. Yes.
Among the benefits of the noble verse: the virtue of faith and righteous deeds. Its aspect is that the reward is contingent upon them [Saba: 4]. And whatever has a reward contingent upon it is excellent, praiseworthy, and sought after.
And among the benefits of the noble verse: the distinction between faith and righteous deeds when they are combined, because here it did not say “those who believed” only, nor “those who did righteous deeds” only, but it combined them. And it has been mentioned to us before that when they are combined, faith is in the heart and righteous deeds are in the limbs.
And among the benefits of the noble verse: the indication that faith alone, meaning that which is in the heart alone, is not sufficient without righteous deeds, because the reward is contingent upon the presence of both descriptions in the doer, namely faith and righteous deeds. But I say: if faith is sincere, then righteous deeds must be present, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .
And among the benefits of the noble verse: that deeds are not accepted, praiseworthy, or rewarded for unless they are righteous. By His saying . When are they righteous? When they combine the condition of sincerity for Allah, and the second: following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). If sincerity is absent, it is not righteous and is returned to its doer. Allah the Exalted said . And if following is absent, it is also returned and not accepted, by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .